tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346Shakin' the Family TreeA never ending journey...Dee Burris Blakley2013-08-09T22:31:37Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2011-06-11:913346:139740Parents have been found...2013-08-09T20:59:32Z2013-08-09T22:31:37Zcheerfulpublic0For Joseph Dannash and Gizella Bercsényi, who married on 4 Sep 1899 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/user/sharpchick/media/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/DienesBercsenyimarriagepagecrop.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/DienesBercsenyimarriagepagecrop.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo DienesBercsenyimarriagepagecrop.jpg" /></a></center><br /><br />This record shows the names - as best as they were understood at the time - of both sets of parents.<hr />A <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=114744848">Find a Grave volunteer</a> who created Gizella's memorial did some excellent research that allowed me to finally connect some dots - back to the Old Country. Hungary to be specific.<br /><br />The variant spellings of both surnames make research <strike>next to impossible</strike> challenging to say the least.<br /><br />As I have looked at this couple I've found the following variant spellings.<br />Dannash, Dannish, Danish, Dienes, Diennes<br />and<br />Bercsényi, Beresényi, Bercheny<br /><br />I'm going to use the spelling on Gizella Dannish's death certificate as the primary surname spelling for that generation. I already know some of Joseph and Gizella's kids spelled the surname Diennes and Danish - split 50/50 from among them.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://s3.photobucket.com/user/sharpchick/media/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/GizellaBercsenyiDienesdeathcert.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y69/sharpchick/Family%20photos/Historic%20Documents/GizellaBercsenyiDienesdeathcert.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo GizellaBercsenyiDienesdeathcert.jpg" /></a></center><hr />And now I found Gizella's parents.<br /><br />I love it when this happens.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dee_burris&ditemid=139740" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments